Salix kusanoi

Taxobox
name = "Salix kusanoi"


image_width = 240px
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Salicaceae
genus = "Salix"
species = "S. kusanoi"
binomial = "Salix kusanoi"
binomial_authority = (Hayata) Schneider

"Salix kusanoi" is a species of willow in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss. [Lu, S.Y. & Pan, F.J. (1998). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/31250/all "Salix kusanoi"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] . Downloaded on 23 August 2007.]

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 6 m tall. The leaves are alternate, 9 cm long and 4 cm broad, with an entire margin; they are green above, and paler below with fine silky hairs along the veins. The flowers are produced in catkins in early spring before or as the new leaves appear; it is dioecious, with male and female catkins on separate plants. The male catkins are 8–9 cm long; the female catkins are 3 cm long.Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005888 "Salix kusanoi"] ]

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